'Gloomy' definitions:

Definition of 'gloomy'

From: WordNet
adjective
Depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" [syn: glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky]
adjective
Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited]
adjective
Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary]

Definition of 'Gloomy'

From: GCIDE
  • Gloomy \Gloom"y\, a. [Compar. Gloomier; superl. Gloomiest.]
  • 1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
  • Syn: Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'gloomy'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Gloomy'